I’m watching the Mariners-A’s game on MLB.tv. It just began a couple of minutes ago. The Root sports broadcasters are doing the game via video while back home in Seattle. That’s special.

Ichiro came to bat with two outs in the first inning, worked the count full off Brandon McCarthy and then chopped one off the turf over McCarthy’s head for an infield hit. How very Ichiro. Then Justin Smoak struck out.

The A’s are just coming to bat. Yoenis Cespedes is batting seventh for some reason.

You could. But some find that extra expense too much. Even only for 19.99 for a month it may not be worth it just to watch one game. Conversely, one could by GameDay Audio for 19.99/season. Regardless, it doesn’t excuse not televising the first game of baseball.

Another reason why MLB falls behind the NFL. Their fans just open up their wallets, lay down and take it to Roger Goodell & his DirectTV Sunday package yet MLB fans whine like women if Bud Selig makes you for a far better product. Everyday, every post there’s constant complaining on this site, makes me even wonder are y’all even fans??

But you have. All off season. Now we begin to find out if you were on to something. Personally, I’m rooting for the kid. However, I suspect you’re right. I’d like to be wrong. C’mon, Shirtless Guy Batting 7th!

Why in the world is the worst hitter on the Mariners leading off? I know people love to give managers credit for teams winning…well, one of the reasons it is so easy for me to believe that managers have greater ability to hurt a team’s chances of winning is all of the guys hitting leadoff around MLB that should be batting 8th or 9th. Last year a sure HOF manager spent the year with guys that had OBPs of .321 and .316 with no power leading off.

Someone pointed out yesterday that whomever wins this game, that team is leading the Majors in wins. By contrast, the other team is leading in losses. Given the 2 clubs involved one scenario will be quite unique and the other…yeah, not so much. Shirtless Guy Batting 7th got a hit, though. Yay, Shirtless Guy!

Hey, anyone know if the game will end in a tie after the 10th? I just saw Mr. Baseball (I was bored and baseball starved: forgive me) and they mentioned that Japanese ball games end after 10 innings regardless of score. Will they keep going because this is an MLB game?

So I was droppin’ a duece first thing this morning and as usual, my phone took the trip with me so that I could check email and play words with friends while evacuating my bowels. I had a solid evacuation (there’s a pun there), but took a few moments to get going, you know, being the morning and all. Given the extra time, I decided to pop open the HBT app, which mentioned the game was on, and I had totally forgotton, you know, being the morning and all. Next I wiped. Then I fired up the laptop, went to MLB.com, which led me to a headline “MLB.tv now on XBox 360″, which led me to my XBOX 360 in total glee, which also led me to download the new HBOGo app as well [insert ‘Game of Thrones’ shout out here]. Basically, Craig your post made my friggin’ day between shittin’ and showerin’…thanks, brah.

What can I say, I’m a productive pooper. If I were President, most of my important calls to other state leaders would be from the nearest shitter. I think best in that situation.

cur68 - Mar 28, 2012 at 10:01 AM

Clearly you are interpreting “TMI” to mean “tell me more”. For the love of dog, please stop that. And FYI, the whole Presidential Bathroom Decision Making was pioneered by many, many oval orifice holder before you. LBJ springs readily to mind. Didn’t wash his hands, either.

El Bravo - Mar 28, 2012 at 10:08 AM

“Where there is a poo, there is a way” I believe that’s how the saying goes.